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Discover 7,067 Social welfare charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

7,067
Charities
£4,555,519,411
Total Income
£644,072
Avg Income
85.2%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

The Children's Family Trust

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The relief of children and young persons in need, and in particular those in the care of, or accommodated by, a long authority;The relief of poverty and in particular the assistance of adults who have as children been in local authority care.

Latest Income: £9,745,109
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Textile Reuse And International Development

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Environment, Social welfare

TRAID is an environmental and poverty relief charity. TRAID reduces landfill through; the provision of textile recycling facilities, its charity shops and upcycled clothing. Funds raised go to environmental and textile related international development projects and TRAID's education programmes developed to gain greater recycling participation and empathy with the issues surrounding global poverty.

Latest Income: £9,629,244
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Wessex Children's Hospice Trust

Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfare

Naomi and Jacks is an independent charity offering expert palliative care for children and young adults at their purpose-built hospice and in the community. They support hundreds of families in central southern England, providing outstanding care, specialist short breaks and bereavement support.

Latest Income: £9,052,177
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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North Yorkshire Hospice Care

Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfare

North Yorkshire Hospice Care provides a range of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Saint Michael's Hospice, Just 'B' and Talking Spaces. These services provide a range of end-of-life care services including an In-Patient Unit, Wellbeing, Community and Specialist services; Bereavement Services for adults and children and Mental Health Support Services.

Latest Income: £8,864,883
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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St Nicholas Hospice Suffolk

Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfare

Care and support to people with life threatening diseases and conditions together with their carers and families including: 12 bedded inpatient unit, day hospice and patient groups, community care, counselling and bereavement support, medical outpatient support, spiritual care.

Latest Income: £8,755,722
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Saint Catherine's Hospice Trust

Health, Housing, Professions, Social welfare

We provide specialist palliative care across Scarborough,Whitby,Ryedale, Bridlington and Driffield. This involves in-patients, out-patient clinics, wellbeing center, hospice at home, specialist palliative community and neurology nurses, lymphoedema, complementary therapy, bereavement support, out of hours support and education and training of other healthcare professionals.

Latest Income: £8,751,762
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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St Luke's Cheshire Hospice

Health, Housing, Social welfare

The Charity's activities includeIn-care, day-care, therapies, home befriending service, lymphoedema clinic, benefits advice,counseling,education,research into palliative care thus improving servicesAlsoDevelopment of a model for dementia care for the end of life,development of an infrastructure for palliative care research,development of a model of a Public Health/end of life approach.

Latest Income: £8,698,175
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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Army Cadet Charitable Trust UK

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare, Society

The Association is dedicated to promoting the ideals and activities of the Army Cadet Force, a national, military themed, voluntary youth movement open to boys and girls of all backgrounds and abilities. In providing educational, adventurous, competitve and social activities the Association's key priorities are citizenship development, leadership training, and confidence building.

Latest Income: £8,428,708
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Citizens Advice Manchester

Charitable activities, Social welfare

To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community in the City of Manchester ('the principle area of benefit') and elsewhere by the advancement of education, the protection and preservation of health and the relief of poverty.

Latest Income: £8,330,282
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Portal Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfare

Grants for education to financially disadvantaged young people under 25 years resident in London. Provision of scholarships and bursaries to individuals, and grants to education projects and activities run by schools and organisations.

Latest Income: £8,221,960
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Sands

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Social welfare

Sands vision is a world where fewer babies die. Sands works to ensure that, when a baby dies, anyone affected receives the best bereavement care and support for as long as they need it. Sands offers a free UK helpline and network of support groups, works with healthcare professionals to improve bereavement care, and involves bereaved families in research to save babies lives.

Latest Income: £8,014,773
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Derian House Childrens Hospice

Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social care, Social welfare

To provide hospice care and support for children and young people with palliative care needs including support for the whole family. This includes; specialist respite including symptom management, hospice at home, end of life care and bereavement support after death. This care and support is provided in partnership with individual children's local health, social and education professionals.

Latest Income: £7,740,115
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Richmond Fellowship

Economic and community development, Education, Health, Social welfare

Richmond Fellowship (RF) is a national provider of care and rehabilitation for people living with mental health problems, with close to 60 years experience. RF has a subsidiary organisation that has completed a separate annual return. RF offers over 120 facilities, including crisis support, residential, employment and community schemes, well-being projects and domestic violence services.

Latest Income: £7,737,000
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Toynbee Hall

Charitable activities, Education, Social welfare

We are a multi-purpose charity working to eradicate poverty and disadvantage. We deliver a range of community services in advice, financial inclusion, learning and wellbeing. We share our experience of local action to influence national policy. We are also a residential community, conference and venue hire centre. More information can be found at www.toynbeehall.org.uk

Latest Income: £7,662,000
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Greenfield School

Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Social welfare

Greenfield School provides an affordable, first class, fee paying primary education for children of all backgrounds within the locality, no entry qualification is necessary and also an educationally based Early Years Department for pre school children from the age of three years. Bursaries are provided and hardship funds are available for children already attending the school.

Latest Income: £7,636,655
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Plymouth Diocesan Trust

Education, Professions, Religion, Social welfare

The advancement or maintenance of the Roman Catholic religion in the Diocese. The provision of religious services. The education and training of priests. The provision and maintenance of churches, presbyteries and schools. The maintenance and support of priests, the poor and others.

Latest Income: £7,555,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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International Students House

Education, Housing, Social welfare

Provision of accommodation for students largely from Overseas. Provision of social facilities, welfare services and scholarship for students. We are actively involved in organisation such as UKCISA promoting the better experience for students. We play a global role with other International Houses in communicating international friendship and understanding between overseas and British students.

Latest Income: £7,507,000
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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Wigan And Leigh Hospice

Health, Social welfare

The Charity provides specialist palliative care services to enhance the quality of life of individuals living with a life threatening, incurable illness. Advice and support is also offered to carers during the illness of the patient and in bereavement. The Charity aims to provide evidence based palliative care education both in house and through out reach educational programmes.

Latest Income: £7,236,980
Areas of Operation: Wigan
Status: Registered
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Variety The Children's Charity

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

(1) promote and provide for the care and upbringing of sick, disabled and disadvantaged children within the UK(2) advancement of education and the relief of financial need of children within the UK(3) provision of facilities for recreation and leisure time occupation for children in the interests of their social welfare with the object of improving the conditions of life for such children

Latest Income: £7,196,255
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Our mission is to enable older people to lead independent and fulfilling lives. We do this by providing high quality advice & information services, befriending & support services and campaigning work on behalf of older people.

Latest Income: £6,978,000
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Plymouth Citizens Advice Bureaux

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Citizens Advice Plymouth provides impartial confidential advice and information in particular but without limitation for the benefit of the community in Plymouth and its surrounding areas and particularly to those who are most disadvantaged. We aim to provide the advice people need for the problems they face and to improve the policies and practices that affect people's lives.

Latest Income: £6,941,450
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Cruse Bereavement Support

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED BEREAVEMENT THROUGH A NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF TRAINED BEREAVEMENT VOLUNTEERS AND THROUGH ITS NATIONAL HELPLINE.WORK DESIGNED TO RAISE THE AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF BEREAVED PEOPLE AND TO PROMOTE THEIR INTERESTS.

Latest Income: £6,495,079
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Governors Of The Charity For Relief Of The Poor Widows And Children Of Clergymen (commonly Called Clergy Support Trust)

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Professions, Social welfare

Clergy Support Trust, formerly Sons & Friends of the Clergy, is a clergy support charity established in 1655. Our mission is to support Anglican clergy families through difficult times, whether caused by financial hardship, health problems or other difficulties. We do this mainly through cash grants to individual beneficiaries and through working with other clergy wellbeing organisations.

Latest Income: £6,480,660
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Impakt Housing & Support

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Housing, Social welfare

Area of work:Housing homelessness people and women and children fleeing domestic abuse.Skills4 courses providing help, training, and practical support. F4YP support for marginalised kids4mation - social enterprise helping to alleviate poverty by supplying affordable furniture.Food 4 - providing fruit, veg & bakery items to people on benefits from a broad cross section.

Latest Income: £6,428,363
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Lord's Taverners

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

We positively impact the lives of young people facing the challenges of inequality. We provide inclusive and impactful cricket programmes, empowering young people with disabilities and from disadvantaged communities to develop the knowledge, skills, capabilities and confidence required to overcome the challenges of inequality, raise their aspirations and reach their potential.

Latest Income: £6,378,764
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many social welfare charities are there in the UK?

There are 7,067 registered social welfare charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the social welfare charities by income?

Oxfam is the largest by latest reported annual income (£339.4m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of social welfare charities?

Social welfare charities reported a combined annual income of £4.6bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for social welfare charities?

Across all social welfare charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 85.2%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of social welfare charities?

Social welfare charities have an average annual income of £644k. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.